{"id":420,"date":"2014-04-02T13:44:39","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T18:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bizwomenrock.com\/?p=420"},"modified":"2017-05-21T21:53:35","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T02:53:35","slug":"business-schizophrenia-reasons-remedies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bizwomenrock.com\/beta\/business-schizophrenia-reasons-remedies\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Schizophrenia: The Reasons and the Remedies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever had one of those moments in your business when you feel like you\u2019re jumping from one responsibility to the next, barely taking a breath and having to shift focus on a dime?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>I call that Business Schizophrenia.\u00a0 And your ability to manage it well is what will determine your success.<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s be straight: I\u2019m not what you would call a \u201cbright shiny object\u201d entrepreneur.\u00a0 I don\u2019t pump out great idea after great idea (that would be my husband). As a matter of fact, I get way too overwhelmed if there are more than 2 or 3 major GOALS to work towards. Because I am an implementer. I take those ideas and build them out and make them a reality. There are 2000 steps behind every <b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">one<\/span><\/b> great idea. So 2000 x 3 is about all I can handle at any given time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Business Schizophrenia is not about an abundance of ideas. It\u2019s about those moments when you have such a diverse group of responsibilities on your plate that you literally have to extract your thoughts and energy from project X and delve immediately into project Y with a completely fresh set of eyes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It occurs during two different stages of a business: the very beginning when everything is brand new and you\u2019re trying to piece everything together.\u00a0 And when your company is going through a major growth evolution. Both of these statuses attract Business Schizophrenia because NEW information is being added to the pot that needs major attention and more than likely, it\u2019s requiring more time from you in order to figure out the eventual systemization.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>It\u2019s like drinking through two fire hoses, one right after the other.<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s very easy to mistake Business Schizophrenia with an overwhelming anxiety about the to-do lists that keep on growing.\u00a0But this isn\u2019t just about feeling overwhelmed or that there are too many things to do.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is about a few different ideas demanding your time and competing for brain space and attention!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My reason for identifying Business Schizophrenia is to acknowledge it\u2019s existence and to offer solutions on managing it successfully:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\u00a0<b style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Understand it\u2019s temporary: <\/b><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">One day, one month or one year\u2026business schizophrenia <\/span><i style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">is<\/i><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"> temporal. The better you become at managing the instantaneous transitions, the faster it will disappear.\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li><b style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">It\u2019s a GOOD thing!<\/b><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"> It means you\u2019re going through a major evolution and <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the challenge will ensure you\u2019ll come out on the other side so much wiser<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"> about your company!\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li><b style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Take a breath.<\/b><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"> I literally have to stop and breath in order to emotionally extract myself from one conversation to a completely different one. To go in clear minded to the next thing, just breathe deep.\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li><b style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Delegate Effectively. <\/b><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">My personal belief is that going through Business Schizophrenia is the state we need to experience before we can successfully delegate. And the better we delegate, the more this starts to feel like just \u201cchecking in\u201d on these diverse projects!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The best part about experiencing Business Schizophrenia is that the rate at which you master managing it is exponentially proportional to the rate of growth of your company! Think about it\u2026when diverse projects can be handled efficiently (by being delegated and implemented effectively), then more and more projects can be on your plate that can positively impact your company!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>How crazy is that? \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever had one of those moments in your business when you feel like you\u2019re jumping from one responsibility to the next, barely taking a breath and having to shift focus on a dime? &nbsp; I call that Business Schizophrenia.\u00a0 And your ability to manage it well is what will determine your success. &nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1129],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Business Schizophrenia: The Reasons and the Remedies - Biz Women Rock!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/bizwomenrock.com\/beta\/business-schizophrenia-reasons-remedies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Business Schizophrenia: The Reasons and the Remedies - Biz Women Rock!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Have you ever had one of those moments in your business when you feel like you\u2019re jumping from one responsibility to the next, barely taking a breath and having to shift focus on a dime? 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